Partners, Consultants and Directors

Paul Caldicott

Partner

Paul specialises in corporate recovery, bankruptcy and the resolution of insolvency disputes. He is a licensed insolvency practitioner, a member of the JIC and an intervention agent for the SRA.

Andrew Campbell

Consultant

Andrew specialises in the resolution of construction, engineering and commercial property disputes by way of negotiation, mediation, arbitration or litigation.

Lee Fisher

Partner

Lee heads the IP team in Wales, focuses on both contentious and non contentious intellectual property matters and also provides advice on complex commercial disputes.

Robin Havard

Partner

Robin specialises in regulatory and professional conduct work, acting for public and private companies and their directors, public sector organizations, and regulatory bodies.

Sian Jones

Partner

Siân heads the property litigation team and specialises in both commercial and residential disputes. Siân is also the head of our social housing team.

Graham Miles

Partner

Graham specialises in the investigation and presentation of fitness to practise cases for regulatory bodies.

David Mortimer

Partner

David has been a partner at Morgan Cole since 1985. His practice includes professional negligence and fitness to practise claims.

Paddy Roche

Partner - Unit Manager

Paddy heads our Thames Valley Regulatory team. He deals primarily with licensing, health and safety and other regulatory issues before magistrates courts and other tribunals.

Stephanie Walls

Partner

Stephanie heads the Thames Valley dispute management team and regularly advises on personal and corporate insolvency litigation, public law applications, applications for emergency relief and commercial/contractual disputes.

Allan Wilson

Partner

Allan specialises in contractual disputes, including securing and defending injunctions of all types and also has extensive experience of high profile and media-sensitive commercial litigation.

Amanda Wooding

Partner & Practice Area Leader

Amanda heads the dispute management group and handles a wide range of complex commercial disputes for major national and international clients.

Associates and other senior team members

Stephen Fitzgerald

Recoveries Team Leader

As a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives, Steve has spent the majority of his career working in debt recovery. He specialises in secured and unsecured lending.

Delme Griffiths

Associate

Delme specialises in contractual disputes, professional negligence, insolvency and applications for injunctive relief.

Kevin Manship

Associate

Kevin advises across the full range of commercial disputes and acts for a variety of public and private sector clients.

David Murray

Senior Associate

David is an experienced Litigator advising organisations on disputes of all sizes.

Russell Price

Associate

Russell is an Associate, based in the Dispute Management division of the Cardiff office. Russell specialises in contentious commercial property matters, particularly landlord and tenant disputes.

Kate Russell

Associate

Kate deals mainly with healthcare regulatory cases on behalf of a regulatory body. Kate also provides mental health, mental capacity and HSE management advice, as well as advice on NHS policies

Stephen Schneider

Senior Associate

Stephen is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Management Group, mainly based at the firm's Oxford office.

Joanne Thompson

Associate

Joanne advises private and public sector clients on a wide range of commercial disputes including breach of contract and negligence. Joanne has experience in dealing with corporate disputes and advises on partnership disputes.

Tom Walker

Barrister

Tom is a practising barrister who specialises in criminal and regulatory law. Tom provides advocacy, advice and training to a range of different clients, including organisations in both the public and private sectors.

Sarah Whittle

Associate

Sarah has been at Morgan Cole since 2000, having trained with the firm and qualified as a solicitor in 2002.

Sara Wigg

Consultant

Sara specialises in divorce and cohabitation with a particular focus in dealing with financial disputes involving partnerships, businesses, family farms and cases with an international element.

Solicitors, Executives and other lawyers

Joanna Corbett-Simmons

Solicitor

Joanna specialises in commercial disputes, defended debt recovery claims of a substantial value and mortgage fraud cases and has a particular interest in IP matters.

Andrew Davies

Solicitor

Andrew is a qualified solicitor working in the Business Support & Insolvency team. His knowledge of the Civil Procedure Rules and experience of insolvency procedures enables him to offer Insolvency Practitioner and Lender clients tailored solutions that lead to the early recovery of unpaid debts and swift dispute resolution.

Ashleigh Harold

Solicitor

Ashleigh is an experienced solicitor in Morgan Cole’s Regulatory team. She is a specialist advocate and deals primarily with health, safety and other regulatory issues before courts and tribunals. Ashleigh's work includes representing corporate and individual clients in both the private and public sectors.

Tanwyn James

Solicitor

Tanwyn is an experienced advocate and appears on daily basis before courts across the country.

Hannah James

Solicitor

Hannah deals with all aspects of dispute management, negotiation, settlement and litigation matters. She also has experience of undertaking SRA interventions.

Ruth Moore

Legal Executive - Fellow

Ruth is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and has spent most of her career specialising in recoveries work. She currently handles the defended and complex recoveries cases for one of our major insurer clients.

Allyson Morgan

Legal Executive

Allyson is a part qualified Legal Executive who has experience in acting for both commercial and residential landlords in the recovery of rent, service charges and possession of their properties.

Victoria Nowlan

Solicitor

Victoria joined Morgan Cole in September 2012 as a Newly Qualified Solicitor and is based in the Contentious Property Team in the Cardiff office.

Claire Pope

Solicitor

Claire is a solicitor in Morgan Cole’s Dispute Management Team. Claire is instructed by claimants and defendants on a range of commercial disputes as well as handling contentious probate matters.

Nicola Rees

Senior Insurance Executive

Nicola has been a part of our insurance recoveries team for over eight years. Her current role is in the main dealing with defendant Road Traffic Act claims for a key insurer client.

Tessa Smith

Solicitor

Tessa joined the firm in September 2009 and completed her training contract with the firm in September 2011. Tessa joined the Healthcare Regulatory team as a Solicitor upon gaining her qualification.

Holly Stedman

Solicitor

Holly is based in the Contentious Property Team in the Cardiff office. Holly's work includes advising on an extensive range of tenant management issues and advising on and drafting housing management policies and procedures.

Cathy Wright

Senior Recoveries Executive

Catherine joined our Recoveries Team in 1996 from a Debt Recovery Agency. With a broad recoveries expertise, she now specialises in Road Traffic Act recoveries for our main insurer clients.